Thursday, June 17, 2010

Illustration Friday - Ripple

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Thank you to everyone for all your encouragement and support and friendship. I do appreciate all your visits and comments, so thank you for taking the time to leave a few words. Visiting you keeps me inspired and itching to be better and do more. Thank you!

162 comments:

AMAZING!!! Yes, yes, you go scrub away all the filthy oil off that poor, poor pelican! This is such a sweet and wonderful image, my dear Bella. You keep outdoing yourself with these fantastic ideas... ((HUGS))

HOT DOG!!!!! I'm the first to leave a comment!!! Excuse me for screaming but I just have to. I'm doing the happy dance right now. I got here first. This is so cool and fabulous! This is awesome! I love it Bella! How befitting and fun, fun, FUN! I wish I had a bathtub like that one. I hope you designer people are checking out this boss tub with Octopus legs. I'd like one is white please. How wonderfully illustrated. Did you put this one up for sale? Gone in 10 seconds I bet HA! Thanks so much for stopping by my friend. Love you more than chocolate bacon bar! Oh yeah girl. It's dark chocolate and with apple smoked bacon pieces in it. The prefect salty and sweet! he he he he he! Love more than that!V

Amazing what comes out of "shut" brains... I don't know what else to say... Ah yes, I have something to say: I don't know if I have ever told you how your illustrations affect me. I get so excited and and hyperactive like a little kid jumping up and down and clapping my hands. My heart beats so fast and heat rushes up to my neck and then I start commenting and it is such a letdown because I know I have to end my comment, then I feel so sad that I cannot continue writing... and keep on talking about how happy I am...

No thank you Bella for allowing us to peek into your wonderfully creative and delightful world... and for stopping by and encouraging us/me. Your imagination is beyond compare... and your gift of illustration immeasurable! this is wonderful!

It is always such a pleasure to pop into your blog - there's always something delightful to view and read. This is so wonderful - it has to be one of my favourite Ripples! The best bit is that bath and it's purple legs!

Oh Bella, tha is so much more fun than a rubber ducky in the bath. Adorable octopus feet to the bath as well. You have certainly changed a rather difficult day into a mowt enjoyable one. Thank you so much.

Wow Bella, this is almost the exact scene I had in my mind when I decided to do this weeks prompt, ok only something or someone in a pelicans mouth taking a bath, but I can't believe you thought of the same thing. I'm so happy that you painted my thoughts, because I didn't get it done! I'm now working on a mermaid piece, which so many other people did, and am still not done with it. So now that I am finished ranting inanely, this is fabulous, cute and creative and I love it!

Only Bella! This is SO delightful. Still giggling. Actually, **SQUEALS**Such a serious situation and you brought so much LOVE to it. I do hope the tub stays still! This is a perfect example of how brilliant your mind is. This is what makes you so special...your view of the world, and then your ability to put it into pure delight. ♥♥♥ Deb

Hey Pudd, Thanks so much for stopping by my sisterfriend. Girl look out. Somebody's going to get a black eye. he he he he!! Trey ain't even playin' ha. Hey I love you so much. Have great weekend love!V

Do you know the difference between a British prick from an American prick. I thought all pricks are the same. Amalia said the Brits are different. Hmn... what so different about getting poked by the same needle? I thought it was the guage that mattered, not the nationality or brand.

Zounds! Oh my jibblies! (these are the things my little ones and I say when we are happy and delighted with things...you can imagine how silly it gets)...but truly, Bella..I just think you have the most amazing ability to connect with people through your delightfully witty and charming illustrations. I just want to climb into that reality right there! : ) So awesome that you contributed to the ripple cause and I am JEALOUS of whomever bought this (in 2 seconds flat as Vanessa said...is true!)...but awesome for that lucky person! : ) Hope you are well, dear Bella.

Hey, hey! I see Ces is still wondering about the British version of pricks?? Hahahaha... Well, I can elaborate too much here in Bella's pretty domain, but let's just say that it's not so much of a verb but a noun. Go figure!!! Hahahaha!!!!

You make it so easy to keep visiting; you keep on posting such amazing content. You are truly inspiring. The best part about your art is that you know exactly who you are and what your style and vision is. I really admire you.

Hey Girly, just came by to hello. I know it's Father's day and I just have to say it. You now have to be both Mom and dad to your babies and trust me I know that it's hard, but tough times bring out the toughness in us as well. I know that this is hard work. Working through it all, but you inspire me. You make me want to do my best Ms Bella. Happy Father's Day to you my love. No one ever said it would be easy or that it was even what you might have wanted, but you do it everyday and you do it so well. I love you soooooooo much! A big hug for you sweetie have a great day.Lub youV

When I see you next month we are going to have such a good cry together and then we are going to laugh our butts off. Mine will of course cause the earth to move, but it will be okay. he he he he he! Did want to make you cry just wanted to tell you the truth is all. I'll be over in just a second with some coffee and some disgustingly rich cheese cake.K later dudette!

btw, those twisted trees in the "trail forest" followed me in to my dreams at night...

I would love to see all of Your images in a book! It would be interesting to see what the different images tell You, each other and the rest of us when gathered together. Yet another dimension perhaps?!

oh Bella!!! beautiful Bella ....your art is like a gift...I love this piece and the cause is so important....my heart is so sad for this tragedy....everything we can do to help really makes a difference...

Sorry to be late here Bella.Please forgive me.Of course I can't miss your posting. I love visiting your blog again and again.Your whimsical illustrations are always so adorable.You are so so kind and super friendly and always care for others.This is the reason, I love to be back here again and again to visit and revisit your creations.

I am feeling better now.I had a 10 days Chi Kung mediatation short course that finished 2 weeks back. Now, I try to practise 2 hours everyday. Sometimes 4 to 5 hours if I am more free.I want to be able to join you all soon when I am doing better.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! HA! Just read your comment about the best thing about being in your own bubble!!! Too funny. Actually, I know a few people who should be in their own bubble for that very reason! **kisses** Deb

thank you for creating such a heart warming and loving depiction of what's desperately needed. you know how to do that so well - a light bearer in times of darkness, you scatter those shadows, dear Bella. I've been unsubscribing from so many organizations that I know are doing good work, but I don't need shock value imagery, when messages can be delivered so intelligently and beautifully as you have shown us here. Bravo my friend. Much love, Karin

It's official. I can't make it the the NE coast in July. Instead I will be in the SE coast to accommodate fishing therapy for some young person and a break for another. I do not have enough free time, unless of course I win the lottery, at which point, I will immediately go on vacation.

Bella,I opened this page and I had a big smile on my face. What a terrific piece!! Am I sounding like a broken record yet? LOL!! I just adore all that you create. Everyone of your pieces make me happy!!xoxoxo

Hi Bella, Thanks for visit and your sweet comments! I blow lightly on my little eight legged friend web so he could move in a different direction so he wouldn't get caught in my hair and detached from his web. He ended up traveling up the web and to somewhere else.

Thanks for your kind messages on my blog and thanks for your interest in my book. I promise to post more sketches soon. I am just over-thinking the art so much. I can't wait for you to read it. If I could get the art done, then I can post the chapters. Soon - I swear. Thanks again, Bella. And please, keep your inspirational art coming.

Hello, hello! This is so very cool!! Wonderful! Sweet yet so poignant, just like Anne said. I love how you can get your point across with so much humor - that is a talent that cannot be taught! You are the master. I bow down before you... Humbly yours, Silke

P.S. Please come by anytime for some coffee and a pastry! I'm about to bake a blueberry tart!

We shall protect our jibblies over here, Bella! You must have a movie night to see those crazy creatures Tim Burton has dreamed up..or perhaps they were in the original Alice in Wonderland illustrations by John Tinniel?..Ces mentioned that you are the absolute aficionada of all things Alice in Wonderland. : ) I am constantly learning from you two...thank you dear friend! Wishing you a lovely rest o' the week..now go make some popcorn and check it out. : ) Next up on our movie viewing want-to-do's - Toy Story 3!

Thanks for being my smile spot! Your doodles make me smile! I love this one for it makes me think of the horror in the Gulf of Mexico and how many people are trying to do all they can to save the poor birds.

Bella, you and Ces are definitely something else! And generous to the roots. Hehehee...

You know, sometimes it amazes me how clearly you see my work. Do they seem so obvious to you? Maybe some people do travel in the same wavelength. Well, either that or you're just a born art interpreter. Thank you, sweet!! oxx

Good morning. Being on top is not always the best position. You could get toppled down and you are always the target. I actually prefer the position where my back is not exposed, unless someone is watching over me or my back.

this is sooo beautiful(and funny,and sweet!!)You are such a imaginative person Bella...always come up with the most incredible ideas!!!And you wrote so beautiful words about the whole idea(have you seen how quickly the fundraising fond got doubled in just one week?have all the best wishes:and THANKS again and again for your beautiful words!!

You are so right about the little heron - baby birds are not really pretty. Sort of freaky like you said - but still cute... Not as cute, of course, as your pelican!!

By the way, your painting reminds me of when we lived in the bay area and would go out to Monterrey, where the pelicans would chase us with their giant beaks wide open because the tourists would feed them. Kinda scary! :-)

OMG! I am so tired and I am trying to respond to comments. My eyelids were half closed when I went to Vee's and I read your Wedgiephobia, OMG I am now laughing so hard. I can't believe the sleepiness left me and I am now drinking coffeee giggling. HAHAHAHAHAHAH! Oh goodness. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!ARAAAAAARGH! BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA! OMG OMG! You are too funny! Oh my neck hurts from laughing. Oh I wonder if laughing prevent turkey necks? HAHAHAHAHA!

Many thanks for your empathy about my computer...ahhh...I'm getting through it finally. : )OH MY! Thank you for alerting me about Time Machine...my brother mentioned backing to that..and to know that you have a failed unit, my goodness..thank you for the link to carbonite! I need to get my back up plan in action and this might just do the trick.

Yes, lemon trees into a wood chipper, huh?! Ha!!! Love the graphic that comes to my head of dear Bella doing that...you just wouldn't would you?

All right there, luv? I haven't been knocking on your door for a while. I see you've ran out of that bottle of sunshine? Sadly, so have I. But I do have with me a bag of twilight dust. It's supposedly very handy for creating colorful nights. Interested? (^-^)oxx

Ah, here you are... a full bag of twilight dust! Don't sprinkle too much of that of course, I don't want you to come complaining to me if you ended up gallivanting more than just around town!...theehehe... Enjoy! (BIIIGGG HUG!!)

Good morning beautiful!! I woke up to your lovely comments this morning. It's been a little rough around here to say the very least. I lost my beloved cousin in a horrible car accident on this past Sunday. I couldn't sleep for some reason on Sunday morning around 2:00 am and just got up and started walking the floor. I did some blogging and stuff, but my spirit was trouble. Around 9:00am we got a call from another family member that my cousin had be found in his car between 2 and 3 am. He had hit a tree on his way back home. Needless to say we are all devastated. We just lost his little brother just a few years ago in a motorcycle accident. I have been a crying fool for the last couple of days and still really can't believe it. I just saw him and now he is gone. Anyway, when I saw your comments it gladden my heart. I love you so and needed to tell you. Love you girly.

Oh you sweet lady, you. Thank you for your visit and kindness re: the shop! I'm a bit embarrassed as it seems to be a bit of a hodgey podgey collection of stuff...I get into different moods you know..sometimes letters, sometimes graphic pen and ink stuff, and then recently it's all been watercolors. I am all over the map! : ) Anyhoo...thank you dear Bella..you are so fun and I am always delighted when you swing by. Hugs.

Ces sent me over on threat of death or long e-mails! She said, why do you not post at Bellas?I said, because she is taking the summer off.She said, You can post on old posts! (duh!)Well, I have not bleached my hair lately so my brain cells must have fallen asleep..... ;DSo hello Bella!Happy Summer!Please tell Ces I have been here so she will not threaten to send someone to scalp me or have someone abduct me with those two characters she created, and you KNOW which ones I mean; Fatto and company....LOL!!!!Sincerely, I do hope you have a wonderful summer with your children, and I still love this illustration♥♥♥Very much!

Thank you for stopping by to see my acorn---it was a delight to post and long overdue. (how does Summer go so fast?)Keeping Ces's FPOT stimulated is a full time job....that and making her laugh! :D Well, that is easier.Stop by again! I might eventually get some posts up that are more than brain dribble. (the acorn one was not...)And despite what dear Ces might mistakenly tell you, I *do* have an I.Q. over 48. Except on migraine days and then I revert to some form of paramecium.....heehee!

Oh yes Bella.Each year that paramecium is looking better and better....which is perhaps a bad commentary on my thoughts of aging! LOL!!!!As long as I have the Secret Pass to you Kingdom, then I will stagger in drooling with my walnut I.Q.Ah-hahahahahahaha!!!!! :D

Oh it wass delightful being your tag-team partner to get Her Cesness's comments on the one post past 300! I was just disappointed I had missed the actual event! (as usual...LOL!)Ces is a phenom of an artist....and I know because of the multitude of questionable art I have seen.....she oozes talent!!! (and you do too!)

XXOO & TSUP!!!Anne....who is noticing THIS post has a lot of comments.....hmmmmmmm..... >:)

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I'm an advertiser-turned psychologist-turned stay-at-home mom, caught between yearnings for intellectual stimulation and creative explosion and not being able to do either with full conviction.